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even catch on fire and drip molten and/or flaming plastic-like
drops. This melted material will stick to your flesh and cause
severe burns. It may even start a fire if it lands on something
combustible. Figure 4 is a photo of rope that has had the
cut end melted to prevent fraying.

2. The second method is to “whip” the ends with “whip-
ping twine.” This method is commonly used to bind the
ends of natural fiber rope or rope that is constructed
from twisted strands. It’s also quite common when using
rope for boating to have the ends whipped. Whipping the
end of a rope basically means you wrap whipping twine
in tight concentric coils around the loose fibers at the
end. There is a special technique that is often used when
whipping rope where the loose ends of the whipping
twine actually get pulled under the coils. Figure 5 shows
a different whipping technique and the end of the rope
after being melted.

Figure 5.

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